Summary: It’s been a few weeks since taking a dragon egg into your possession, a few weeks filled with diplomacy, intrigue, and bonding. The egg doesn’t seem ready to hatch just yet, perhaps it’ll be a while before the egg truly comes into its own; However when it does, it’ll be truly worth all the time spent on it.
Roles:
-Major:
- The Royal |R|: The speaker and also the individual currently in position of the dragon egg.
-Scene: Inside the Royal’s room
[The muffled sound of birds chirping can be heard beyond the closed window.]
|R|: (Stretching, yawning and awakening) Another day, another headache that will inevitably worm its way into my schedule.
[The sound of someone moving across silk sheets can be heard, followed by the sound of curtains being opened]
|R|: (Spoken with excitement) But that pales in comparison to you! My oh so wonderful dragon. (With a cooing tone) Are you awake in there my lovely dragon? I can’t wait for you to see your first ever morning.
[There is a knocking sound on the wooden chamber door]
|R|: Oh what a lovely day it’s going to be! (Towards the door, sounding a bit far from the mic) Come in! (Towards the dragon now back to normal) Now my dragon, enjoy your little sun bath while I get ready for the day! We’ve a full schedule you know!
[The sound of multiple feet shuffling on stone can be heard along with the voices of a group of maids hurrying to dress the royal; A bit later the sound of a door closing is heard]
|R|: (Spoken with a merry tone) All done my precious little dragon! Now let’s get going! There’s so much we have to do and only so many hours in the day! Especially considering that tonight is an oh so special night!
[A door opens and closes, followed by slowly fading steps along with the sound of humming]
-Scene: Inside The Royal Study
[The sound of a crackling fire fills the air, the scratching of a quill is also heard in the room.]
|R|: (While stretching and yawning) There, all finished, hopefully the Queen of the Lasadel Kingdom is smart enough to see that allying herself with me is a smart thing to do; If only grand duke whatever his name was, had agreed to my alliance, he wouldn’t be trying to avoid my best hunters.
[The pitter patter of shoes against stone can be heard. Reaching for the egg that was resting near the crackling fire.]
|R|: (Sounding relaxed) But that’s boring diplomatic talk, I’m sure you’re more interested in other things my lovely dragon. Aren’t you? (In an admiring tone) All that time near the fire has really made your egg shine, hasn’t it?
[Walking over to an open window, the crackling fire slowly fading into the background, the chirping of cicadas replaces it.]
|R|: (Cooing at the egg) My dragon has such a pretty egg, yes you do, yes you do. Such. A. Beautiful. Dragon. My dragon. (With a nostalgic tone) You know, it’s funny, everyday since I was but a child, everyone kept saying how dangerous dragons were. How they burned down villages, how it would take entire armies to bring even one of them down. And that’s not even to mention the older and more temperamental dragons; So imagine my response when I heard that there was a pair of dragons who had a lair on my newly acquired lands. Naturally….
[The royal is cut off when they notice and hear the faint sound of a fluttering of bird wings that had magical dust seemingly falling off its feathers.]
|R|:(Softly, trying to determine) Is that what I think it is?
[Steps make their way across the stone and over to a table, where the sound of papers being shuffled are heard.]
|R|: (With the excitement of a child) Oh it is! A hoard bird? Hmm, there’s only a few reasons why one of them would be out at this time of night. (Talking energetically towards the egg.) Well my little dragon, we may have an intruder in our mits. What fun! (A smirk shows up causing the tone to shift into a smug one) If my intruder theory holds true, it’s going to be fun asking them questions!
[With steps stepping across stone, the door to the study is opened, allowing the sound of multiple metal armors to be heard]
|R|: (With a cold demeanor) Oh good, the person I was looking for, captain, we may need to put the palace on high alert, I have a feeling we have an unwanted guest.
[Multiple sets of armor can be heard scrambling about, the noise slowly fading]
-Scene: Banquet Side Room
|R|: I hope you enjoy your little room here my baby dragon, it’s nice and warm, there’s a nice view, and if the worst comes to fruition, I’ll be in the next room; So there’s nothing to worry about.
[Steps make their way through an open door, eventually fading into nothingness. This is shortly followed by the muffled sounds of a banquet dinner starting. The muffled sound of a glass being tapped repeatedly as well]
|R|: (The entirety of this line is spoken in a muffled tone) Everyone! Your attention please! Thank you all for coming tonight, first of all I would like to say to our new nobles who join us tonight, thank you all for backing my claim to the crown of The Grand Duchy of Stirian! (There’s a building excitement in the tone) Second of all, I would like to announce the ascendency of a new empire! Tonight we shake the yoke of a simple…..
[The last bit of the speech fades in the background, barely a whisper, when the door creaks open and the creaking floorboards make their way over to the egg. After a few seconds, the sound of a struggle can be heard. A bird tweets frantically as it hovers in the air, its magical dust falling in tandem with the flapping of its wings. Only for it to fly and land on the egg. Some time later, as the festivities draw to a close, the door to the side room creaks open. This along with the sound of shoes hitting hardwood.]
|R|: (Excitedly) My hunch was right, my little dragon! (A bit of surprise can be heard in the royal’s voice) oh? It seems you made a friend, my little dragon.
[The wings fly and land on the royal, the sound of scratching is heard, the hoard bird sings in a manner close to how most birds do.]
|R|:(Smiling and giggling) Well aren’t you an affectionate little pack hunter, guess the notes were right, you little birdies are quite docile in few numbers. (With a coldness to their voice) Now I wonder who this intruder of ours can be? Why don’t we all go and find out, yeah?
[The steps make their way to the open door, eventually fading into nothing]
-Scene: Dungeon
[The sound of a heavy metal door opening and closing is heard, the echo of dripping water bounces off the wall as steps make their way down stone stairs.]
|R|:(Blowing hot air into the air) Jeez it’s cold enough to see my own breath, hold on one second my precious dragon. Oh! And you too my ravenous bird.
[There is some ruffling of clothes going on, followed by the faint sound of magical fire.]
|R|: There, well it’s not much, but hopefully my cloak can keep you warm, my sweet dragon. And you too, come on now, off my head my golden bird. Now, let’s go see our unwanted guest shall we?
[The steps continue until eventually they stop.]
|R|: Hm, not the type of intruder that I expected to see if I’m being honest. (Spoken with sarcasm clearly audible in their tone.) Usually the ones I get like to dress in all black, and wear a lot of knives. Quite frankly too many to be feasibly possible if you ask me.
[There’s some chains that frantically move, as if trying to break free from their grasp, the sound of magic can be heard too, before it gets vacuumed away.]
|R|: Don’t try it, those chains are brand new, and have been forged with a special ingredient designed to absorb magic and it then uses that magic to strengthen the shackles. (Spoken with a smugly superior tone) As you can see, I spare no expense to ensure that my prisoners stay exactly where I want them to stay. (With a bored tone) Anyways, I do hope you like it down here, you’re going to be spending a long while here. (long pause before laughing aloud) Oh? Are you trying to talk? Don’t waste your breath, that potion you were force fed when you got here? Yeah it prevents you from talking.
[There is more rattling of the shackles, but nothing comes of it.]
|R|: (Spoken inquisitively) That armor, I’ve seen it before…but….where? (Long pause) Oh! I remember where I’ve seen it! You’re a Guardian knight! (With a bored tone) And here I thought your entire order had perished in the battle of The Remia Plains; Seems I was wrong. (Cooing at the egg) No doubt you’re here to try and take my dragon away from me. But we don’t want that now do we my precious dragon?
[There is more rattling of the chains before it is preceded by a sadistic laugh]
|R|: (A tone of superiority can be heard) It’s funny seeing you struggle, trying to talk but that silencing potion prevents that. All though I do have to thank you, or rather your entire order. It must sting knowing that I took over your former fortress, raided it for its knowledge, and now I use your collected knowledge to take care of this precious little thing. (Towards the dragon) Don’t I? Yes I do! Their knowledge is going to help me teach you so many things!
[The shackles shake one last time, though this time a bit weaker]
|R|:Oh my, tired already? No worries, we can always come back to ask you questions some other time. Enjoy your rest, in the meantime, I think I should go read up on some of the other mythical creatures your order has encountered. Your tomes are most insightful by the way, you should feel really proud.
[There is a thud on the floor.]
|R|: Enjoy your sleep my little knight, we’ll be back with more questions.
[There’s some humming alongside some steps, all of which slowly fade away with the last thing to be heard is a metal door opening and closing]
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